# With it we

"We use the tongue to say words that"

# we curse men

"we ask God to harm men"

# who have been made in God's likeness

This can be stated in active form. AT: "whom God made in his likeness" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# Out of the same mouth come blessing and cursing

The nouns "blessing" and "cursing" can be translated with a verbal phrase. AT: "With the same mouth, a person blesses people and curses people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])

# My brothers

"Fellow Christians"

# these things should not happen

"these things are wrong"